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Tuesday, December 17, 1974
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The Headlines
Rescue of 8 Bankrupt Railroads Is Upheld by Supreme Court, 7‐2
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Cat's in the Cradle
Harry Chapin
#1 at the box office
Death Wish
$600,900
The must-have
Connect 4
You Share a Birthday With
- Pope Francis (1936)
- Humphry Davy (1778)
- Muhammadu Buhari (1942)
- Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (1948)
- Willard Libby (1908)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
discostreakyuppie
Trucker Cb
10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey
Funk Soul
can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey
Tech Check
UPC Barcode, Rubik's Cube & Post-it Notes.
Cost of Living (1970)
Loaf of Bread
$0.25
Gallon of Gas
$0.36
Average Home
$17,000
New Car
$3,450
Meanwhile
- Oil Crisis Recession — OPEC embargo quadrupled oil prices; stagflation begins.
Time Elapsed
18,798 days ago
(51 years, 183 days)